The world's first superpower the rise of the British Empire from 1497 to 1901

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Rise of the British Empire

14 lectures
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Lecture given by Denis Judd
9781461820604
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The Tudor Empire from the discovery of Newfoundland to the Founding of Virginia and the death of Elizabeth I
Colonies in the New World
The British in India, c. 1600-1815
The American Revolution and the Restructured Empire
Australia and New Zealand: Convicts, settlers, and self-government
Ireland: Mother country of exploited British colony?
The Canadian crisis and the spread of internal colonial self-government
Trade and dominion
The profits and commerce of empire
The British Raj, 1815 to 1905: The High Noon of empire in India
The Suez Canal, Egypt, Sudan, and the Middle East
The partition of Africa: Opening up the "Dark Continent"
Empire builders and empire critics
Conflict and war in South Africa
Hurrah for the Jubilee! Queen Victoria's 1897 Diamond Jubilee and the meanining of empire

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